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Accounting
  

  • ACC 511 - Accounting For Management

    Credit(s): 3

    Use of accounting data in the managerial decision-making process and in the analysis and control of business operations.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 231 or equivalent
  

  • ACC 512 - Seminar in Accounting Research and Analysis

    Credit(s): 3

    The study of proper accounting research and reporting techniques.
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and approval of M.P.A. director
  

  • ACC 521 - International Accounting

    Credit(s): 3

    A study of critical issues and differences in the global accounting environment.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 332 or equivalent
  

  • ACC 531 - Seminar in Not-for-Profit Accounting Principles

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of accounting and auditing principles as they apply to governmental and not-for-profit entities.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 331
  

  • ACC 532 - Legal Principles Related to Accounting

    Credit(s): 3

    Intensive study of legal principles that arise in the practice of accounting.
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and approval of M.P.A. director.
  

  • ACC 533 - Advanced Topics in Management Accounting

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of decision-making and performance evaluation techniques in management accounting.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 333
  

  • ACC 542 - Advanced Financial Accounting II

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced financial accounting topics continued.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 442
  

  • ACC 543 - Advanced Tax I

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of tax problems related to taxable entities.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 343
  

  • ACC 547 - Advanced Auditing

    Credit(s): 3

    Application of audit theory to public accounting.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 437
  

  • ACC 549 - Topics in Financial Reporting

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of practical applications of accounting theory.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 332, ACC 333
  

  • ACC 551 - Seminar in Oil and Gas Accounting

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of accounting principles related to the oil and gas industry.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 331
  

  • ACC 552 - Advanced Accounting and Information Systems

    Credit(s): 3

    Accounting information systems course focused on use of SAP ERP software.​
    Prerequisite(s): graduate standing
  

  • ACC 553 - Advanced Tax II

    Credit(s): 3

    Comprehensive study of tax research methodology.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 343
  

  • ACC 563 - Contemporary Issues in Accounting

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of contemporary issues in accounting and their development in accounting theory.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 332
  

  • ACC 570 - Advanced Topics in Accounting

    Credit(s): 1-3

    Advanced studies in various aspects of accounting. Titles and topics will vary.
    Repeated: May be repeated with a change of topic up to a maximum of three total graduate hours.
  

  • ACC 575 - Advanced Graduate Studies

    Credit(s): 3

    Students are individually assigned to an instructor on the basis of the type of studies needed for the programs pursued.
    Repeated: May be repeated under different topics.
  

  • ACC 576 - Advanced Graduate Studies

    Credit(s): 3

    Same as ACC 575  but in a different topic area.
  

  • ACC 585 - Internship in Accounting

    Credit(s): 1-6

    Internship in an accounting position with faculty member supervision. May be used for free elective hours but not for accounting elective (graduate credit).
    Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to M.P.A. five-year or stand-alone graduate program. Approval of the M.P.A. director. Minimum of 12 hours of accounting at the 300-level or higher must be completed.

Agricultural Development
  

  • AGD 581 - Methods of Teaching Agricultural Sciences in the Secondary School

    Credit(s): 3

    Instructional methods and techniques that emphasize practical applications of the teaching/learning process. Special emphasis will be placed on student evaluation, classroom management and discipline, and essential curriculum/programmatic elements unique to agricultural science and technology.
    Course Fee: Course fee $30.

Agricultural Economics
  

  • AEC 542 - Agricultural Policy

    Credit(s): 3

    This course provides the guidelines for thinking about agricultural policy issues that have dominated farm and food policy, and emphasizes policy analysis rather than policy prescription.
  

  • AEC 551 - Farm Management

    Credit(s): 3

    The application of business principles to farming, organization and management of farms, farm records and farm accounts.
    Co-requisite(s): AEC 551L 
  

  • AEC 551L - Farm Management Lab

    Credit(s): 0

    The application of business principles to farming, organization and management of farms, farm records and farm accounts.
    Course Fee: Course Fee $10.
    Co-requisite(s): AEC 551  

Agricultural Engineering Technology
  

  • AGM 510 - Ag Machinery Operation and Performance

    Credit(s): 2

    Study the operation, performance and management of agricultural machinery.
    Course Fee: Travel fee $3.
    Co-requisite(s): AGM 510L  
  

  • AGM 510L - Ag Machinery Operation and Performance Lab

    Credit(s): 0

    Study the operation, performance and management of agricultural machinery.
    Course Fee: Course Fee $10. Lab Fee: Lab Fee $5.
    Co-requisite(s): AGM 510  
  

  • AGM 525 - Mobile Hydraulics in Agriculture

    Credit(s): 2

    Basic principles of hydraulics, hydrodynamics and hydrostatics; diagnosis and testing; hydraulic valves; and the history of hydraulics.
    Prerequisite(s): Six hours of agriculture
  

  • AGM 525L - Mobile Hydraulics in Agriculture Lab

    Credit(s): 0

    Basic principles of hydraulics, hydrodynamics and hydrostatics; diagnosis and testing; hydraulic valves; and the history of hydraulics.
    Lab Fee: Lab Fee $5.

Agriculture
  

  • AGR 530 - Interdisciplinary Research

    Credit(s): 3

    A course investigating the tools of research, problem formulation and analysis, common research design, common errors in research, and instrumentation and sampling techniques.
  

  • AGR 531 - Advanced Agricultural Waste Management

    Credit(s): 3

    Comprehensive management of animal, forest and processing by-products. From a research perspective, emphasis is placed on the chemical makeup of waste and the consequences of its physiological effect.
  

  • AGR 575 - Advanced Graduate Studies

    Credit(s): 1-4

    Advanced individual instruction.
    Repeated: May be repeated under different topics.
  

  • AGR 578 - Seminar

    Credit(s): 3

    Repeated: May be repeated.
    Course Fee: Course fee $36-$75.
  

  • AGR 580 - Topics in Agriculture

    Credit(s): 3

    Repeated: May be repeated up to 99 hours.
  

  • AGR 590 - Research and Writing of Thesis

    Credit(s): 1-9

    Grade will be P (pass) or F (fail).
    Note: Note: Students completing a thesis must register each semester university resources are being utilized.

Agronomy
  

  • AGN 508 - Soil-Plant Relationships

    Credit(s): 3

    Characteristics of soil, its influence on plant growth, soil reaction, cation exchange, nitrogen fixation, soil analysis and fertilizer materials.
    Course Fee: Course fee $30.
    Prerequisite(s): Twelve semester hours of agriculture or related areas
  

  • AGN 548 - Range Management

    Credit(s): 3

    Principles of range management. Characteristics of range lands and range plants, management of grazing animals and vegetation.
    Course Fee: Course fee $30.
  

  • AGN 569 - Plant Protection

    Credit(s): 3

    Biological, chemical, cultural and physical control of insects, diseases and weeds, including the concepts of integrated pest management.

Animal Science
  

  • ANS 501 - Advanced Nutrition

    Credit(s): 3

    Analysis of nutritional theory for ruminants and monogastrics.
  

  • ANS 502 - Physiology of Growth and Stress in Livestock

    Credit(s): 3

    Concepts of physiology in farm animals. Endocrinology, anatomy, physiology and behavior and their interactions related to animal welfare and production.
  

  • ANS 541 - Principles of Animal Breeding

    Credit(s): 3

    Selection and systems of breeding livestock. Traits of economic importance. Genetic and statistical principles as they apply to farm animal selections.
  

  • ANS 542 - Equine Production and Management

    Credit(s): 2

    Provides the student with the scientific application of biological and biotechnological principles of horse production and management. Emphasis on reproduction, nutrition, genetics, disease, health and exercise physiology that is unique to the horse.
  

  • ANS 542L - Equine Production and Management Lab

    Credit(s): 1

    Provides the student with the scientific application of biological and biotechnological principles of horse production and management. Emphasis on reproduction, nutrition, genetics, disease, health and exercise physiology that is unique to the horse.
  

  • ANS 544 - Feedstuffs, Feeding and Formulation

    Credit(s): 2

    Feedstuffs, feed formulation, feed processing and livestock feeding.
  

  • ANS 544L - Feedstuffs, Feeding and Formulation Lab

    Credit(s): 1

    Feedstuffs, feed formulation, feed processing and livestock feeding.
    Course Fee: Course fee $10. Lab Fee: Lab fee $5.
    Co-requisite(s): ANS 544  
  

  • ANS 552 - Equine Law Studies

    Credit(s): 3

    The development of a basic understanding of the legal principles involved in common problems associated with horse ownership and horse production.

Anthropology
  

  • ANT 575 - Graduate Independent Study in Anthropology

    Credit(s): 1-6

    Individual instruction, conference or research for graduate students. 
    Repeated: May be repeated with change of topic. Max of 10 hours.

Art
  

  • ART 500 - Advanced Life Drawing

    Credit(s): 3

    Gesture, anatomy and composition. Levels A, B, C and D.
    Repeated: May be repeated. Max of 12 hours.
    Course Fee: Course fee $47.
  

  • ART 501 - Modern Philosophies of Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Recent and contemporary trends in art creation, appreciation and teaching. Includes lectures, outside reading and class discussion.
    Course Fee: Course fee $23.
  

  • ART 502 - Abstract Expressionism to Post Modern Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Investigation of developments in the visual arts and art theory from 1945 to the present. 
  

  • ART 505 - Pro Seminar in Art Museum Studies

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of the functions of art museums, including acquisition, authentication, conservation, exhibition, research and collection management; history of art museums; and major art museum collections. Visits to regional art museums and discussion/demonstrations with art museum professionals.
    Course Fee: Course fee $100.
  

  • ART 506 - Seminar in Art Museum Education

    Credit(s): 3

    Online course with scheduled one-day, face-to-face meeting. Applied study of the practice of art museum education. Emphasis on teaching, writing and program development for multiple audiences in the art museum. Focus on object-based learning, pedagogical theory and audience identification.
    Course Fee: Course fee $20.
  

  • ART 508 - Contemporary Issues in Art Education

    Credit(s): 3

    Exploration of artistic creativity through art and design in studio art instruction, analysis and research. 
    When Offered: Summer only.
    Course Fee: Course fee $70.
  

  • ART 509 - Readings and Research in Museum Studies

    Credit(s): 3

    This hybrid course explores contemporary art museum theory as it relates to the practical application of arts leadership, ethics, law and the public domain.
  

  • ART 510 - Graduate Painting

    Credit(s): 3

    Graduate-level painting problems. Levels A, B, C, D.
    Course Fee: Course fee $70.
  

  • ART 511 - Graduate Expressive Drawing

    Credit(s): 3

    This course will stress the production of expressive drawings. This includes the identification and resolution of problems of artistic expression. Levels A, B, C, D.
    Course Fee: Course fee $47.
  

  • ART 512 - Graduate Filmmaking

    Credit(s): 3

    Filmmaking as an art media. May involve writing, directing, cinematography and editing, lighting, and sound production. Levels A, B, C, D.
    Course Fee: Course fee $57.
  

  • ART 513 - Feature Production I

    Credit(s): 3

    A summer film production course where a feature film/video is shot using professional techniques. Levels A, B, C.
    When Offered: Class meets MTWRF and Sat. Summer I.
    Prerequisite(s): ART 412 and approval of the instructor
  

  • ART 514 - Feature Production II

    Credit(s): 3

    A summer film production course where a feature film/video is shot using professional techniques. Levels A, B, C.
    When Offered: Class meets MTWRF and Sat. Summer I.
    Prerequisite(s): ART 412 and approval of the instructor
  

  • ART 515 - Graduate Color Theory and Practice

    Credit(s): 3

    Practice, theory and study of color in art, media and design. Levels A, B.
    Course Fee: Course fee $80.
  

  • ART 517 - Advanced Photographic Processes

    Credit(s): 3

    Graduate-level photography with emphasis on fine arts applications. Levels A, B, C, D.
    Course Fee: Course fee $100.
  

  • ART 518 - Graduate Color Photography

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced work in color photographic processes. Both traditional darkroom and digital processes explored. Levels A, B.
    Course Fee: Course fee $125.
  

  • ART 519 - Alternative Process Photography

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced work in alternative photographic processes, concepts and techniques and how they apply within a fine art context. Both film and digital processes are utilized.
    Course Fee: Course fee $100.
  

  • ART 520 - Graduate Printmaking

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced techniques and practice in the use of printmaking processes. Levels A-F.
    Course Fee: Course fee $150.
    Prerequisite(s): graduate status
  

  • ART 530 - Graduate Studio Techniques

    Credit(s): 3

    In-depth practical application for development of individual style.
    When Offered: Fall and spring only. Repeated: May be repeated for credit.
    Course Fee: Course fee $41.
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in art
  

  • ART 531 - Graduate Studio Media

    Credit(s): 3

    Studies in the use of art materials through practical studio application.
    When Offered: Fall and spring only. Repeated: May be repeated for credit. 
    Course Fee: Course fee $40.
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in art
  

  • ART 533 - Graduate Sculpture

    Credit(s): 3

    Course Fee: Course fee $152.
  

  • ART 534 - Graduate Sculpture: Casting

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced work in sculpture. Exploring various casting materials and methods in sculpture. Levels A, B, C, D.
    When Offered: Spring.
    Course Fee: Course fee $180.
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate status
  

  • ART 535 - Graduate Sculpture: Installation

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced work in sculpture. Exploring various casting materials and methods in sculpture. Levels A, B, C, D.
    When Offered: Spring.
    Course Fee: Course fee $100.
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate status
  

  • ART 540 - Graduate Art/Metal/Jewelry

    Credit(s): 3

    This course continues to augment the student’s acquired metalsmithing skils. Focus is on producing work that conforms to professional standards and conveys personal vision and insight.
    Course Fee: Course fee $130.
  

  • ART 545 - Northern Renaissance Art

    Credit(s): 3

    European art north of the alps from 1300 to 1600.
  

  • ART 546 - History of Design

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of significant design from the history of visual communications focusing on the 20th century. The course provides a foundation for understanding design and develops visual vocabulary, provides insight into design thinking, and provides cultural and historical context for design practice.
  

  • ART 547 - Imaging the Body

    Credit(s): 3

    Investigation of art and artists who have studied the nude and clothed body, body art and body self image.
    Course Fee: Course Fee $20.
  

  • ART 548 - Art Parallels in Media

    Credit(s): 3-6

    Study through lecture, interaction and viewing of various media, including film, as well as topics of both vintage and contemporary visual culture. The course provides study of possible explanations that may exist as to why various media genres came into being, thus influencing our modern perceptions of society and our conceptions of reality due to time-based media.
    Course Fee: Course Fee $20.
  

  • ART 549 - World Traditions in Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Study of the arts outside the canon of Western civilization, as well as contemporary outsiders in their cultural milieu.
  

  • ART 550 - Graduate Ceramics

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced ceramics stresses technical, expressive and aesthetic aspects of ceramics as an art form. Levels A, B, C, D.
    Course Fee: Course fee $163.
  

  • ART 561 - Graduate Digital Media

    Credit(s): 3

    Graduate digital media stresses technical, conceptual and aesthetic aspects of digital artmaking. Levels A, B, C, D.
    Course Fee: Course fee $100.
  

  • ART 562 - Digital Media: Interactive Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced work in digital media exploring user or performer interfaces in interactive projects. Levels A and B.
    When Offered: Fall.
    Course Fee: Course fee $100.
    Prerequisite(s): graduate status
  

  • ART 563 - Digital Media: Motion Graphics

    Credit(s): 3-6

    Advanced work in motion graphics. Exploring animated graphics and special effects for video. Levels A and B. 
    When Offered: Fall.
    Course Fee: Course fee $100.
    Prerequisite(s): ART 261
  

  • ART 564 - Digital Media: Time-Based Media

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced work in 4D. Exploring time-based digital media, including nonlinear video, sound, performance and other media. Levels A and B. 
    When Offered: Fall.
    Course Fee: Course fee $100.
    Prerequisite(s): ART 261
  

  • ART 570 - Advertising Design II

    Credit(s): 3

    Techniques for advertising art. Graduate levels A, B, C.
    Course Fee: Course fee $80.
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and approval of instructor
  

  • ART 571 - Typography

    Credit(s): 3

    Studio class for the study, practice and theory of designing with type in advertising and graphic design.
    Course Fee: Course fee $80.
  

  • ART 572 - Illustration

    Credit(s): 3

    Studio course for the practice of illustration methods, media and techniques. Levels A, B, C.
    Course Fee: Course fee $80.
  

  • ART 575 - Advanced Graduate Studies

    Credit(s): 3

    Individual problems related to art history or studio art.
    Repeated: May be repeated under different topics. Topics appropriate for museum studies, such as policies and advocacy in the visual arts, art and the object: science and connoisseurship, art and responsibility (ethics, law, and the public domain).
    Course Fee: Course fee $40.
  

  • ART 576 - Advanced Graduate Studies

    Credit(s): 3

    Same as ART 575  but in a different topic. Topics appropriate for museum studies such as practicum in curatorial studies. Course participants research and prepare an art exhibition under the direction of an art history faculty member. (Open to advanced undergraduate students with permission of instructor.)
    Course Fee: Course fee $40.
  

  • ART 579 - Ad Campaign

    Credit(s): 3

    Creative advertising campaign research, strategy and execution for the American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising Competition. Levels A,B,C.
    Course Fee: Coures fee $200.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
  

  • ART 580 - Modern Art

    Credit(s): 3

    An examination of modern art from post-impressionism to pop art.
    Course Fee: Course fee $20.
  

  • ART 581 - Problems In Teaching College Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Investigation of developments in the visual arts and art theory from 1945 to present.
    Course Fee: Course fee $20.
  

  • ART 582 - History of Photography Print and Related Media

    Credit(s): 3

    Investigation of specific topics in photography, print and related media, including digital imagery, film, video and multimedia in the fine arts. Levels A, B, C.
    Course Fee: Course fee $20.
  

  • ART 583 - Greek and Roman Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Ancient Greek and Roman art from the Geometric period to Constantine. Graduate students will be expected to complete additional work and will be held to a higher standard than undergraduates.
    Course Fee: Course fee $25.
  

  • ART 584 - 19th Century European Art

    Credit(s): 3

    European art from 1750 to 1900, neoclassicism, romanticism, realism and impressionism. Graduate students will be expected to write extra papers and complete more rigorous assignments.
    Course Fee: Course fee $25.
  

  • ART 585 - Renaissance Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Italian art from 1300 to 1600. Graduate students will be expected to complete more rigorous assignments than undergraduates enrolled in ART 485.
    Course Fee: Course fee $25.
  

  • ART 586 - Baroque Art

    Credit(s): 3

    European art from 1600 to 1750. Graduate students will be expected to complete additional work and will be held to a higher standard than undergraduates.
    Course Fee: Course fee $25.
  

  • ART 587 - American Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Art of the United States from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on the 20th century. Graduate students will be expected to write extra papers and complete more rigorous assignments.
    Course Fee: Course fee $20.
  

  • ART 588 - Mexican Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Development of art in Mexico and related Latin American countries. Graduate students will be expected to write extra papers and complete more rigorous assignments.
    Course Fee: Course fee $25.
  

  • ART 589 - Thesis Research

    Credit(s): 3

    The application of research necessary to complete the M.A. thesis or research project.
    Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of graduate courses in art
  

  • ART 590 - Thesis Writing

    Credit(s): 1-9

    Organization and writing of the thesis.
  

  • ART 591 - M.F.A. Exhibition

    Credit(s): 1-6

    Organization, development, exhibition and oral defense of a creative project.
    Course Fee: Course fee $60.
    Prerequisite(s): 45 semester hours of graduate courses in art
  

  • ART 592 - Professional Practices

    Credit(s): 3

    Museum studies students will gain practical experience as interns working within the university (normally the Cole Art Center or Stone Fort Museum). Two hundred clock hours to be completed during the course of two summer semesters or one long semester.
    Course Fee: Course fee $41.
  

  • ART 594 - Problems In Teaching College Art

    Credit(s): 3

    Required for graduate assistants.
    Course Fee: Course fee $25.
    Prerequisite(s): none
  

  • ART 597 - Graduate Selected Topics

    Credit(s): 3

    Subject content not ordinarily included in the course inventory but of topical interest. Topic may include internship in museum studies in which students will gain practical experience leading toward specific goals as a junior staff member of an external art museum curatorial department.
    Repeated: May be repeated in different topics, A, B, C.
    Course Fee: Course fee $41.
  

  • ART 599 - Art Education: Theory and Practice

    Credit(s): 3

    Psychological and philosophical concepts of art education.
    Course Fee: Course fee $20
    Prerequisite(s): Teacher certificate in art or elementary education with an art minor

Biology
  

  • BIO 501 - Advanced Cellular Biology

    Credit(s): 3

    Structure and function of eukaryotic cells. Topics include architecture of the cell and function of cellular components, mechanisms of gene expression, the cytoskeleton, interactions between the cell and the extracellular matrix, regulation of cell growth, differentiation, and division, and mechanisms of cellular transport.
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 341 and six hours of general chemistry
 

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